HC Deb 15 February 2000 vol 344 cc464-5W
Mr. Breed

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many brownfield sites his Department has identified in(a) rural and (b) urban areas; and what is the total area of such sites in each category. [109766]

Ms Beverley Hughes

Provisional results from the first phase of the National Land Use Database (NLUD), published in May last year estimated that, in 1998, there were about 33,000 hectares of previously developed vacant and derelict land in England. An additional 23,000 hectares of land are potentially available through reuse of vacant commercial buildings, land currently in use but allocated in plans for redevelopment or with planning permission for housing, and other sites expected to become available for redevelopment. These results were compiled from information on more than 30,000 previously developed sites.

This information is not available for urban and rural areas separately.

Dan Norris

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions when he will publish a list of brownfield sites in England. [110235]

Ms Beverley Hughes

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave my hon. Friend the Member for Sittingbourne and Sheppey (Mr. Wyatt) on 28 January 2000,Official Report, column 357W.